Osilodrostat Treatment of Cushing Syndrome in Real-World Clinical Practice: Findings From the ILLUSTRATE study. J Endocr Soc 2025 May;9(5):bvaf046
Date
04/14/2025Pubmed ID
40226519Pubmed Central ID
PMC11986586DOI
10.1210/jendso/bvaf046Scopus ID
2-s2.0-105002590918 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 10 CitationsAbstract
CONTEXT: In clinical trials, osilodrostat (11β-hydroxylase inhibitor) effectively reduced cortisol levels in patients with endogenous Cushing syndrome (CS).
OBJECTIVES: A real-world study (ILLUSTRATE) was conducted evaluating osilodrostat use in patients with various etiologies of CS in the United States.
METHODS: A retrospective chart-review study was conducted of adults with CS treated with osilodrostat between May 1, 2020, and October 29, 2021.
RESULTS: A total of 42 patients (Cushing disease, n = 34; CS due to adrenal adenoma, n = 5; ectopic adrenocorticotropin syndrome [EAS], n = 3) were included. Starting doses were 2 mg twice daily in 27/42 patients (64.3%), maintenance doses were 2 mg twice daily in 6 of 9 patients (66.7%) attaining them. During osilodrostat treatment, urinary free cortisol (UFC) decreased below the upper limit of normal (ULN) in 14 of 20 patients (70.0%) with pretreatment UFC greater than the ULN. Osilodrostat response was observed across a range of doses (2-20 mg/day). In Cushing disease, median UFC and late-night salivary cortisol decreased from 3.03 and 2.39 × ULN, respectively, to 0.71 and 1.13 × ULN at last assessment in those with available data (n = 17 and 8, respectively). UFC decreased in all patients with adrenal CS or EAS with available data (n = 2 each). There were no unexpected safety signals; the most common adverse events (incidence ≥20%) were fatigue, nausea, and lower-extremity edema. Glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome and/or adrenal insufficiency were reported in 12 of 42 patients (28.6%) after osilodrostat initiation, resulting in treatment discontinuation in 4.
CONCLUSION: In routine practice with dosing individualized according to clinical condition, response, and tolerability, osilodrostat was effective and well tolerated regardless of CS etiology and severity.
